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• Attribute pieces are geometric shapes which have
  some characteristics (attributes) that are the
  same and some that are different.
• What are some characteristics that you notice?

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• There are different shapes, sizes, and colors.

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• Put the attribute blocks into three groups so
  every piece in the group is alike in some way.
• What attribute did you use to separate the
  blocks?

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• Most students separate into groups by color
  yellow, red, blue.

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• Put the attribute blocks into two groups so every
  piece in the group is alike in some way.
• What attribute did you use to separate the
  blocks?

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• Most students will put large pieces in one group
  and small pieces in the other group. Some may put
  circles in one group and polygons in the other
  groups. Accept any answer that is logical.

ANSWER
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OR
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• Put the attribute blocks into five groups so that
  each piece in the group is alike in some way.
• What attribute did you use to separate the
  blocks?

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• Most students separate according to shape
  circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, hexagons.

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• Use the longest piece of yarn to create a large
  rectangle, and one of the shorter pieces to
  create a circle inside the rectangle.
• It should look similar to this

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• Use cards to label the areas.
• Put each block into the area of the diagram which
  best describes it.

square
red
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• How would you describe the shapes inside the
  rectangle but not inside the circle?

Shapes that are red.
ANSWER

• How would you describe the shapes inside the
  circle?

Shapes that are red and square.
ANSWER
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• Add another circle to your rectangle so it looks
  like this

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• Use cards to label the areas.
• Put each block into the area of the diagram which
  best describes it.
• Does your answer like this?

yellow
blue
ANSWER
blocks
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blocks
blue
yellow
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• Add another circle to your rectangle so it looks
  like this

Use cards to label each area.

• Put each block into the area of the diagram which
  best describes it.

small
yellow
blue
red
ANSWER
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small
blue
yellow
red

• Notice that there are no shapes outside the
  circles because all the small shapes are red,
  blue, or yellow. If we had small shapes of
  another color, we would put them outside the
  circles.

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• Create this diagram

blue
triangle
ANSWER
large

• Put each block into the area of the diagram which
  best describes it.

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blue
triangle
large
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• How could you describe the shapes in the inner
  circle?

Large shapes that are blue and triangles.
ANSWER

• How would you describe the shapes outside the
  circle?

Shapes which are large and not blue.
ANSWER
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• Create this diagram

red
circle
ANSWER
small

• Put each block into the area of the diagram which
  best describes it.

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red
circle
small
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• Using your previous diagram, suppose the areas
  are numbered like this. Answer the following
  questions.

3
1
2
4

• How could you describe the shapes in area 2?

Small shapes that are red and circles.
ANSWER

• How could you describe the shapes in area 1?

ANSWER
Small red shapes which are not circles.
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3
1
2
4

• How would you describe the shapes in area 4?

Small shapes which are not red or circles.
ANSWER

• How would you describe the shapes in area 3?

Small circles which are not red.
ANSWER
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• Create this diagram

red
large
ANSWER
triangle
blocks

• Put each block into the area of the diagram which
  best describes it.

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large
red
triangle
blocks
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• Suppose the areas are numbered like this

6
2
1
5
7
4
8
3

• How could you describe the shapes in area 1?

ANSWER
Small red shapes except the triangles.

• How could you describe the shapes in area 2?

ANSWER
Large shapes which are not red or triangles.
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6
2
1
5
7
4
8
3

• How would you describe the shapes in area 4?

Small red triangles.
ANSWER

• How would you describe the shapes in area 5?

ANSWER
Large red triangles.

• How would you describe the shapes in area 8?

ANSWER
Small shapes that are not red.
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• For each of the following, create the diagram and
  put the blocks into the area of the diagram which
  best describes it.

square
blue
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blocks
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Square
Blue
blocks
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yellow
rectangle
small
blocks
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yellow
rectangle
small
blocks
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triangle
red
large
ANSWER
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triangle
red
large
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